Thursday, June 18, 2009

Out of the remains of a super psychedelic rock band called SPOILS OF WAR, which develop an extra-cerebral rock containing dreamy folk rock, acid rock and electronic collages, and whose albums fetch fortunes, James Cuomo formed Mormos. The group moved to France and concentrated on the European scene playing a folk-rock that was rather complementary to the kind of the old world. Their sound on the first album can be likened to Incredible String Band, whuile their excellent second album MAGIC SPELL OF MOTHER'S WRATH... delved into a mixture of jazz and folk, somehow stepping between The Pentangle and John Martyn. Their only two albums are highly revered in folk circles but certainly deserve the proghead's attention.

Tracks :

1 Homeside2 Walk in the light of the Lord3 October song4 Plastered in Paris5 Doves are white6 Cows in my colourbook7 Hush8 No 5 in the book9 Rit yellow10 Lady of night11 Magic Stone12 Hey Gilles